District of Columbia Court of Appeals Delivers Coup de Grâce to "Unqualified" Pattern-matching Testimony

Earlier this year, the highest court for the District of Columbia indicated that it was not disposed to testimony that “that when a bullet i...

Traditional forensic pattern-matching testimony in Williams v. United States

The opinion of the District of Columbia's highest court in Williams v. United States , 130 A.3d 343 (D.C. 2016), is straightforward, but...

Is "Reasonable Scientific Certainty" Unreasonable?

Next month, the National Commission on Forensic Science is expected to vote on a proposal to make three recommendations about the testimon...

Peering into Peer Review

After the Supreme Court, in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals , listed publication in peer reviewed scientific journals as an important...